Daily Archives: March 11, 2011

On March 5th, a team of scientists, engineers and two hot air balloon pilots put a house into a space. Okay, so we’re exaggerating a bit, but nonetheless they managed to lift a house 10,000 feet above the ground using 300 8-foot colored weather balloons. The house measures 16×16-feet and...

Stuffing the couch, floor or mattress are just a few of the best (worst) known hiding places in a house. But what about a door? Usually doors are regarded as a gateway to concealed or protected stuff, but no one ever thinks about jamming stuff into them, right? ...

A flash drive is a flash drive, right? Well, maybe not if you’re a massive LEGO fan. Today, the toy company released the first, yes first official LEGO USB flash drive. It can store up to 2GB of data and includes a built-in key chain ring. Apparently LEGO anticipates that...

Update: Checkout our HTC Thunderbolt first look. We’ve been chasing this rumor for some time, which can be quite deflating, but on the upside it’s inevitable that the Thunderbolt has to ship at some point, right? According to BGR, who just heard from two independent sources, Verizon’s Thunderbolt will launch on March 21st....

It’s inevitable that Apple will release an iPhone 5. But what they’ll change in the next iteration of the massively popular smartphone is really anyone’s guess at this point. Unless of course you believe these images that suggest that the iPhone 5 will sport a larger, 4-inch screen that runs...

It wasn’t a question of if Flash 10.2 would be arriving on Android devices, but when. And that date is now March 18th according to Adobe, which will support Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3 (Gingerbread) devices which meet the Flash Player hardware system requirements, and a beta release for Android...

Just hours after one of the worst earthquakes in history, Google has already launched a website that helps victims track down friends and loved ones. So far the website received more than 7,000 records within hours of launching. Users can post updates to the site with info regarding people, including...

No lock is safe thanks to the LockCracker. According to the video it can unlock any rotarty combination MasterLock in about 30 minutes. Course if you know any of the numbers for unlocking the lock that time is cut down significantly. Great if you forgot the combination to unlock your...

[Rating: 4] Boxing is a hell of a sport. MMA has become ridiculously popular recently, but there really isn’t anything like professional boxing. For videogames, boxing is simpler. Just using the arms to punch requires much less button pressing and control than kicking, grappling, etc. Boxing also is also romanticized...